Waterloo: Wellington's Victory and Napoleon's Last Campaign
- ISBN-10
- 1800325967
- ISBN-13
- 9781800325968
- Series
- Waterloo
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-11-11
- Publisher
- Canelo
- Author
- Christopher Hibbert
Description
THE GREATEST OF BATTLES The defining military engagement of the nineteenth century. The epic battle that forever ended one man’s dreams of a European empire unified under his rule. THE GREATEST OF RIVALS Weaving together an immense array of original sources to reveal personalities, forces and nations, this epoch-defining conflict would ultimately be remembered for the showdown between two of history’s most legendary commanders: the Duke of Wellington, and Napoleon Bonaparte. THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT Divided into three parts, Christopher Hibbert masterfully depicts first Napoleon and his rise to power, then a portrait of Wellington and the allied armies, and lastly the steps leading up to and the battle itself, the final clash on the fields of Waterloo. A gripping, succinct and panoramic survey of this legendary battle, the history surrounding the conflict, and the personalities that defined both the battle itself, and a generation.
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